I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

In the mid-1990s, Japan's real estate bubble burst, and the entire Japanese economy fell into an unprecedented recession.

Due to the rapid economic development in the 1970s and 1980s, new real estate projects sprung up across Japan like bamboo shoots after a rain. However, many "bamboo shoots" have not yet grown up, and the depression period is coming. The companies that invested in the construction of real estate projects were unable to bear the subsequent financial pressure, resulting in the failure of many real estate projects. In various cities in Japan, especially in emerging economic zones, various unfinished and abandoned properties can be seen everywhere.

Shinji, Sakura, and Fujino are currently in front of such a building.

Similar to many unfinished buildings, the appearance of the building is there, but the interior decoration is completely absent, and the walls and floors are still exposed cement.

When completed, it should be a six-story building, but no more than four stories are currently available. Generally speaking, it is most efficient to build a high-rise building from the top floor, but this building should still be built according to the previous method. Since the building was abandoned halfway through, the five floors that had been built became the roof.

Although there are high cement walls surrounding the building, it is not difficult to break into it. It's a miracle that the nearby children haven't used it as a secret base. All in all, this is a building that exudes an unusual atmosphere.

"The person my brother is looking for is here?" Sakura opened her big purple eyes and looked around curiously.

Shenji took one last look at the note in his hand, then looked at the nameplate on the outer wall, and confirmed: "If Mr. Kenneth's information is correct, it should be here. Let's go in."

When he stepped into the door, Shinji felt an inexplicable sense of disharmony, and Sakura and Fujino who were following him also stopped.

Shinji pressed his eyebrows and asked in a low voice: "Sakura, Fujino, do you feel anything?"

"There is a strange feeling, as if we are not welcome." Fujino thought for a while and said.

"It's a barrier." Sakura stretched out her right hand to draw runes in the air.

"No." Shenji waved his hand to his sister, "Breaking the barrier without the master's permission is a unilateral declaration of war. After returning home, you can ask Mr. Kenneth for more common sense in the magic world."

"Okay, brother." Sakura nodded meekly, "But this barrier -"

"It's okay. It shouldn't be aggressive. If it is, my brother will protect you."

"Um."

Hearing what her brother said, Sakura suddenly beamed with joy, and the intimacy between the brother and sister made Fujino's eyes show a hint of envy.

"Your relationship is so good."

Shinji touched the little head of his smiling sister and said to Fujino: "In the future, you will also become one of us."

"real?"

"real."

Fujino also smiled. She seldom smiled after losing her sense of pain, but after meeting this boy, she smiled more and more.

"Sakura, please introduce to Fujino-sama what a barrier is."

"Boundaries are used to isolate——"

In Sakura's childish voice, the group stepped into the building.

The word "enchantment" originated from Buddhism, which is something that completely separates the outside world from the sacred realm. I don't know when it became a general term for magicians' self-protection techniques.

A low-level barrier is just a glass-like wall. A high-level barrier will add various spiritual hints, making people unaware of the existence of the barrier. The highest-level barrier can even block space.

What shrouds the outside of this building is a high-level suggestive barrier. People who don't have the purpose of coming here will not realize the hints here, and will not feel the abnormality. It is a barrier that anyone can miss on the map. This is a barrier that only an outstanding magician can build. boundary.

In the corridor on the fourth floor of the building, Shinji met the magician who had arranged the barrier.

This is a young woman who looks to be in her mid-twenties. She wears a pair of glasses. Her long red hair is tied into a ponytail hanging behind her head. She wears a simple white shirt that outlines the hot curves that are rare for oriental women. It also makes this woman more attractive. It has a bit of urban white-collar atmosphere.

Except for the white shirt and glasses frames, this woman's outfit is all orange, including a large orange windbreaker, orange earrings, orange nail polish, orange necklace, and even the cigarettes on hand are in orange packaging. It looks like Orange has a crazy paranoia - obviously the color itself is a silent irony for her.

Having said that, the female magician also has the word "orange" in her name, so maybe she no longer cares about it.

Her name is Aozaki Orange, and she is the most important goal of Shinji's trip.

"Oh, there are guests? There are three cute little guests." Chengzi blew out a smoke ring with a look of surprise on his face, "This is not a playground, what are you... ·Coming in?”

The deliberately aggravated ending shows Orange's strong confidence in the barrier that wraps the building.

Shenji smiled slightly: "That's how I walked in."

"Oh?" Chengzi narrowed his eyes, "It doesn't look like he entered by mistake. Did he come here specifically to find me?"

"That's right, Miss Orange. I'm really sorry for visiting you without permission. A small gift is disrespectful." Shenji said, pulling out a rectangular red box from his handbag and throwing it over.

Chengzi caught it casually and caught a glimpse of the two eye-catching Traditional Chinese characters on the surface of the box, and the surprised expression on his face became even stronger.

"It's actually 'Dragon Smoke'? I'm starting to wonder who told you I was here."

"Dragon Smoke" is produced in Taiwan. Even in Taiwan, it is a very niche cigarette with a very unique taste. It is a cigarette that Chengzi prefers.

"Miss Cheng Zi understands the rules of the industry." Shen Er felt embarrassed and could only pretend to be mysterious.

The person who told Shinji that Orange liked "Dragon Smoke" was named "Nasu Mushroom". He was not in this world and Orange didn't know him.

The person who told Shinji that the oranges were here was Kenneth. I know this man Cheng Zi, because the puppet master who helped Kenneth regenerate his body was Cheng Zi, but Kenneth has now "missed". Shinji won't reveal anything until Kenneth recovers.

Seeing that Shen'er didn't want to say it, Orange didn't hesitate. He skillfully opened the box, took out a pack of cigarettes, opened the seal, took out one, lit it, took a nice puff, and then said: "If you don't want to say it, don't say it. Anyone who comes to see me with this kind of 'dragon smoke' will never be my enemy. Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"Before that, why don't you invite me to your workshop?" So far, Shinji has not visited the workshops of other magicians, and there are only ten "Grand Rank" magicians in the world (Clock Tower Assessment) In the workshop, Shinji was extremely curious.

"Unfortunately, I did not build a workshop. This is just a temporary residence. I am currently touring Japan."

Cheng Zi got up from the sofa and opened the door.

"If you don't mind, just come in and sit down. It's really inappropriate to talk about business in the corridor."

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